Thread: Moss Scuttle - is it worth getting

Who doesn't like warm foam?

Here's how I get mine now:
Fill the sink w/ hot water, put in the bowl and fill it with hot water too, soak my brush in it. Then I pour water out of the bowl, leave the bowl in sink and cover with it lid, work on the soap cake / cream, lift lid and work up lather in the bowl. After I put lather on my face, I leave the brush in the bowl with the lather and cover all with the lid. All stays in the water. Has worked fine so far and the bowl cost like $4 or so. It is also nice Ferrari red color Foam stays warm much longer than 15 min (I take quite some time to shave) but it does get lukewarm by the end of my shave.

So now I am thinking if paying $40 is worth it. To be honest, I am skeptical. The Moss scuttle does not even have a lid, and I'm sure heat escapes more readily than from my current set up. Also, someone on another forum mentioned warm lather for only 15 min... It does look nice, I admit

Thanks
Ivo

Hot lather is nice, but I have not really experimented with it too much. I might have to try that technique out with my new scuttle someone gave me.

Thanks for the info though, but I am not sure what the Moss scuttle looks like but I will look around fo rpics now

Hi Guys. Just got a small Moss scuttle in the mail. Haven't tried it yet. I use soap and the small one barely fits a disk of hard soap. (I realize the purpose of the scuttle is to keep the lather warm so maybe the small isn't built for soap but creams. Actually maybe it isn't built for soaps at all and just lather.) I may get a large version and save the small to try creams out. But I don't think there is a pic of the top of the scuttle. If you picture an open mug with a small "pull" at the lip (like a pouring spout) then put a lid on top in the shape of a bowl (the lid is fixed to the mug) that's what it looks like from overhead.

The box was really big and crushed but Sara packed it so well it survived!

John

Technically, the Moss Scuttle is designed to keep the lather and brush warm. Although some gents do work up their lather in the scuttle, I find it too small, even with the large scuttle. I still use my stainless steel mixing bowl for creating the lather, then transfer it to the shuttle. For me, this works great.

RT

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

Technically, the Moss Scuttle is designed to keep the lather and brush warm. Although some gents do work up their lather in the scuttle, I find it too small, even with the large scuttle. I still use my stainless steel mixing bowl for creating the lather, then transfer it to the shuttle. For me, this works great.

RT

RT,

This would be too much for me, I'll have to deal with limited counter space, the transfer of foam itself, cleaning, etc.

I am leaning to the opinion that the scuttle looks really nice, is a quality hand-made artifact, and most probably works ok. Right now I have something decent that works ok too, so spending 65 or so (with shipping) can wait because the enhancement of my shaving process shall be mostly aesthetic - which is important, but at present I am focusing on various razors, soaps / cremes, and hones.

Cheers
Ivo

I love my Moss scuttle. Unfortunately I haven't found it since I moved. I still have a few boxes to look through but none of them are boxes I *expected* it to be in. Can't figure out what in the heck happened to it.

Hope I don't have to buy a new one.

-- Gary F.

I was considering buying a Moss Scuttle
a few weeks back but talked myself out
of it. I wish I could do the same with my
desire for razors.

Received one from Joe yesterday and have
another on the way from Bill. This one will
make 10. Not bad in 8 months I suppose.



Terry

Originally Posted by wvbias

I was considering buying a Moss Scuttle
a few weeks back but talked myself out
of it. I wish I could do the same with my
desire for razors.

Received one from Joe yesterday and have
another on the way from Bill. This one will
make 10. Not bad in 8 months I suppose.



Terry

No comment. (Oh and Terry don't look at collecting shaving mugs either. Oh and brushes. Oh and...)



Ivo if it matters the site for the Moss scuttle is in Canadian dollars. Just make sure your credit card company converts it. I'm contesting that now. Not Sara's fault in any way. It's my bank.

And RT would a cake of shaving soap fit well enough in the large scuttle and create some lather. (I'm thinking no but maybe you have a big brush.)

John

No comment. (Oh and Terry don't look at collecting shaving mugs either. Oh and brushes. Oh and...)

mrcleanhead,

For some reason the "bug" hasn't bit me on
these yet..... hopefully it won't. Currently for
soap I have been using small stainless steel
bowls.

But it's been fun aquiring the razors. I'm enjoying
all of them.


Terry

I would have bought a Moss Scuttle already if I even needed warm lather for the second pass. Sometimes I do, but mostly I can go straight to the hot water hunt and peck finish. I still like the idea of a ceramic though. I've been using a stainless steel bowl.

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